TWO SEALS, A PLATE MOUNTED SHELL SNUFFBOX, FIVE PLATED ASHTRAYS AND A VESTA CASE

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TWO SEALS, A PLATE MOUNTED SHELL SNUFFBOX, FIVE PLATED ASHTRAYS AND A VESTA CASE
THE SEALS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL MORDAN AND CO, ONE LONDON, 1891, THE OTHER CHESTER, 1908

The first seal with silver handle bright-cut engraved with foliage, the bloodstone matrix engraved with the monogram HH, the second seal with tortoiseshell handle, the silver base engraved with the initials HB, the snuffbox formed as a cowrie shell with silver-plated mounts and hinged cover engraved with the intials JDF, the square ashtrays each engraved with a crest, the vesta case formed a seed case with bright-cut mounts, the seal fully marked - 2¾in. (7.4cm.), 2½in. (6.2cm.) and 3½in. (9cm.) long, the ashtrays 3¼in. (8.4cm.) square, the vesta case 2in. (5cm.) diam. (9)

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